Folding stool.



No. 801,405. PA'IEN'IED OCT. l0, 1905. B. SHUPE.

FOLDING STOOL.

APPLmATxoN FILED Nov. 2g, 1902.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELI SHUPE, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO GOLD MEDAL CAMP FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CO., OF RACINE JUNCTION, VVISCON- SIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

FOLDING. sTooL.

No. 801.405. Specication of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 10, i905.

Application filed November 28,1902. Serial No. 133.030.

lilo @u w/wmf it 777/2/ @OWCWW/f iently made of canvas or similar material.

Be it known that I, ELI SHUPE, a citizen of It is approximately square in shape and prothe United States, residing' at Racine, in the vided at the corners with pockets g, which 55 county of Racine and State of l/Visconsin, have are slipped over the upper rounded ends of invented certain new and usefulImprovements the legs and are secured thereto by nails /L L in Folding Stools, of which the following is a or other means. specification, reference being had to the ac- The pivot-piece may be conveniently and companyingdrawings, formingapart thereof. economically cast in the form in which it is 60 The main objects of this invention are to shown in Figs. 1,2, and 3, and `ordinary gray IO limit the spreading of the legs when the stool iron has been found to be suiiciently strong is opened for use without undue strain on the and quite satisfactory for the purpose. It seat and the fastenings attaching it to thelegs, may, however, be stamped out of steel or to avoid strain on the pivot-pins and splitting wrought metal in the form shown in Figs. 4 65 or breaking the legs next to said pins, to ad' and the ends of the band forming the ring I5 mit of the employment of light material for a' being lapped, drilled, or punched and se the legs without sacrificing strength and ducured together by one of the pivot-pins or rability, and generally to simplify and imrivets CZ, as shown in Fig. 4. Then formed prove the construction of stools of this class. out of steel 0r wrought metal, the shoulders 70 It consists in certain novel features in the or abutments are punched therefrom and 2O construction, arrangement, and combinations bent outwardly perpendicular to the faces of of parts, as hereinafter particularly described, the ring. and pointed out in the claims. It will be apparent from the foregoing de- In the accompanying drawings like letters scription,in connection with the drawings,that 75 designate the same parts in the several figures. when the legs are spread they will bear on Figure 1 is a vertical projection of the imopposite sides of the pivot-pins or rivets Z proved stool when spread for use. Fig. 2 is against the shoulders 5 or 7)', which will cona like view of the same when folded. Fig. 3 fine and compress the wood of the legs crossis a cross-section on the line 3 3, Fig. 2, showwise of the grain and prevent the same from 30 ing the pivot-piece and the manner of attachsplitting or breaking. At the same time the ing the legs thereto. Fig. 4 is a plan view, on spreading of the legs will be limited by said an enlarged scale, of a modiiied form of the shoulders and undue strain on the seat f and pivot-piece; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of pocket-pieces g or other fastenings at the upthe same. per ends of the legs will be avoided. The 85 a designates the pivot-piece, which is of anflat faces of the pivot-piece a, against which nular form and has flat parallel exterior faces the legs are held by the rivets CZ, also tend to on opposite sides,withopposing obliqueshoulbrace and hold the legs in place. The conders or abutments I) b projecting outwardly struction of the pivot-piece, with its oblique from said faces. shoulders I) or 7)', and the manner of securing 90 c c are the legs, which for the sake of lightthe legs thereto maket practicable to use com-` 40 ness are preferably made of hard wood and paratively small light legs.

are preferably rectangular in cross-section, Various changes in minor details of conas shown. They are secured about midway struction may be made within the spirit and between their ends to the opposite faces of the intended scope of the invention. pivot-piece a by bolts or rivets Z (Z, which I claim- 45 serve as pivot-pins and pass through holes in l. In a folding stool the combination of a said pivot-piece and in the legs midway bepivot-piece,havingopposingobliqueshoulders tween the shouldersb. Rivets are preferably on its outer faces, legs secured to said pivotemployed for the pivot-pins, and their heads piece between said shoulders by pins whereare placed inside of the pivot-piece a, while by the legs are clamped on opposite sides of 5o they are upset at their outer ends over washtheir pivots between said shoulders when the ers e e. stool is spread, and a flexible seat attached to f is a flexible seat which may be convensaid legs, substantially as described.

Q. In a folding stool the combination of an annular pivot-piece having parallel flat faces on opposite sides thereof and opposing oblique shoulders projecting outwardly from said faces, legs pivotally secured to said pivotpiece by pins passing' through them and the pivot-piece between said shoulders and the ends of the legs, whereby the legs are clamped on opposite sides of their pivots between said shoulders when the stool is spread, and a flexible seat attached to said legs, substantially as described.

3. In a folding stool the combination of an annular metallic pivot-piece having` at parallel faces on opposite sides with opposing oblique shoulders.projecting outwardly from each face and holes midway between said shoulders, legs secured to said pivot-piece by pins passing through them and the holes in said pivot-piece, and a flexible seat attached at its corners to the upper ends of the legs, substantially as described.

4. In afolding stool the combination of an annular metallic piv0t-piece having Hat parallel faces on opposite sides with opposing oblique shoulders projecting outwardly from each face, legs of rectangular cross-section secured to said pivot-piece midway between said shoulders by rivets or pins passing' transversely through the legs and pivot-piece, and an approximately square flexible seat provided at the corners with pockets in which the upper ends of the legs are secured, substantially as described.

In witness whereoiI I hereto allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELI SHUPE.

Witnesses:

WALLEP. C. PALMER, CHRISTOPHER C. GI'PTINGS. 

